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The present study analyses the presence of multiple employment in the collective of university graduates in Physical Activity and Sports Science, as well as the existence of a market segmentation within the different niches of sports employment and their relation to multiple employment. It is a transversal study in which a non-probability convenience sampling method was applied, with a total sample of 1,130 people. The results show the existence of market segmentation as a function of the professional scope (teaching, management, health, competition and out-of-school) due to the working conditions characteristic of each area, resulting in either primary markets with optimal conditions, or secondary markets characterised by instability and working precariousness. This segmentation is accompanied by a higher multiple employment rate in the scopes considered within the secondary market, linked to insecurity and the need for higher income. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Job satisfaction is the favourable or unfavourable subjective feeling through which workers perceive their job. Numerous studies show the significant relationship between job satisfaction, motivation, performance and the quality of services. Thereby, the success of a sports organization depends upon the internal client to a great extent. However, job satisfaction an important subjective emotional variable that has been poorly evaluated in the sports sector. The aim of this study was to compare five professional profiles with a degree in Physical Activity and Sports Science, through the Herzberg's theory of job satisfaction. The sample consisted of 974 university graduates from the entire Spanish territory with a degree in Physical Activity and Sports Science who had a relevant position in this field (69.8% men; 30.2% women), of whom more than half were in the age groups of 26 to 30 years (33.8%) and 31 to 35 years (23.4%). Based on the findings of this study, there were differences in job satisfaction between workers of Physical Activity and Sports Science according to the professional scope (teaching, management, fitness, training/high performance and other scopes). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The new job opportunities that resulted from the growth of the sports industry, due to the impact of sports on society and the increase of sports practice, along with the concern about the influence of such practice on health, have led experts in this field to demand the professionalization of the sector. Thereby, a regulatory development is being carried out, which, although at the regional level, recognises the professions of sports, determining the official academic titles or professional qualifications required for the professional practice and assigning to each profession its corresponding functional scope. Despite the fact that the affiliation rate of the Professional Association of Graduates in Physical Activity and Sports Science does not exceed 15% of the university graduates in Spain, such rate has increased in the last years. As an example, in Andalusia, the number of members has doubled in the last four years. This increase in affiliation may be a reflection of the professionalization process that the sports sector has been experiencing. The aim of this study was to determine the professional profile of graduates with a university degree in Physical Activity and Sports Science. As the main results, there continues to be a higher percentage of men who opt to take these courses, most of them have complementary training/education and there is a high percentage of multiple employment, that is, they combine more than one job, although teaching is still the most popular profession of choice. However, the percentage of graduates who choose teaching as a career is decreasing, which could be due to the diversification of the sector and of the sports professions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]